01:202:322 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Differential Association, Noxious Stimulus, Observer-Expectancy Effect
30 Oct 2014
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Sociological theories of delinquency: sociological theories consider a wide array of social and environmental factors, most are positivistic (knowable causes), most sociological theories generally fall within one of three categories: Macro theories (cities, counties, states, and even nations are units of analysis) Anomie/structural strain (merton: delinquent product of capitalist society, macro theory to explain high rates of lower class crime and different subcultural, goals (culture) vs. Illicit opportunities matter formations. also: norms and goals lose their regulatory force (anomie). Limitations on structural strain: monetary success goal more relevant to adults. (although much delinquency has. $ motive): the neglect of other goals, the focus on lower-class, does not explain individual choices, limited empirical support. Status frustration (cohen, 1955: failure to measure up to middle class measuring rod leads to inversion of criteria for success (reaction formation), lower-class delinquency is malicious, negativistic, and nonutilitarian, critique: doesn"t explain sex differences.
